[单项选择]If the author of the passage wished to study a new field, he would probably______.

[单项选择]If the author of the passage wished to study a new field, he would probably______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, the study of sign language is thought to be______.
A. an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language
B. an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language
C. a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language
D. a new way to take at the learning of language

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Passage Five
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and war. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors--or of people very different from our own--can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books.
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was p
A. the difference between general history and art history
B. the making of' art history
C. what we can learn from art
D. the influence of artists on art history

[单项选择]According to this passage, Philadelphia, New York and Chicago have one thing in common. What is it
A. They are all located along the coastlines.
B. They all grew into metropolis in the nineteenth century.
C. They all imposed heavy tax on their citizens.
D. Their governments all combined their surrounding towns.

[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that the "New Deal" was a term that arose during the ______.

[单项选择]According to the passage, the more new goods, _____.
A. the less pollution we have
B. the harder pollution can be done away with
C. the more pollution there will be
D. the higher our living standard will be

[单项选择]According to the passage, farms in New York ______.
A. earn more from dairy products than from crops
B. mostly have sales more than ten million US dollars
C. are usually woodland
D. regard dairying as the most important activity in their routine

[单项选择]In this passage the author apparently intends to


A. write a fictionalized account of evolution.
B. be scientifically precise.
C. raise philosophical issues.
D. convince readers that war is inevitable.

[单项选择]In the following passage the author intends to
A. explain how the Gulf Stream is formed.
B. compare global warming with global cooling.
C. explain the composition of the sea currents.
D. deliver a warning of a coming ice age.